KCRA 3 First Alert Weather meteorologist Tamara Berg shows us what to expect as a large storm system enters the Sacramento region.

KCRA 3 First Alert Weather meteorologist Tamara Berg shows us what to expect as a large storm system enters the Sacramento region.

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Updated: 6:34 AM PST Dec 11, 2014

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WEBVTT LET'S HEAD OVER TO METEOROLOGIST TAMARA BERG THIS MORNING. THE DAY HAS ARRIVED. THE STORM IS HERE. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE INITIAL EFFECTS OF PHASE ONE OF THE STORM. THE BIG BATTLE OUT THERE WILL BE NOT ONLY FOR SHOWERS FOR SOME VERY STRONG, GUSTY WINDS ON MOST OF YOUR HIGHWAY AND INTERSTATES THIS MORNING. WE ARE EXPECTING THE TEMPERATURE TO GO DOWN THROUGH THE DAY AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS FIVE. 54 IN STOCKTON, 57 IN MODESTO. NOTICE THE SKY CAM NOT TAKING AROUND THAT MUCH. UPWARDS OF 30 TO 40 MILE PER HOUR WINDS REPORTED AS YOU GET TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, ESPECIALLY 2000 FEET. LET'S GET TO WHERE THE WIND GUSTS ARE RIGHT NOW. IN PLACES AROUND LAND PARK, YOU ARE FEELING THE STRONG WINDS RIGHT NOW. GUSTS REPORTED WITHIN THE LAST HALF HOUR. 24 MILE PER HOUR WINDS REPORTED IN AUBURN. IN SIERRA, THE WINDS HAVE BEEN IN RANGE OF 30, 40, EVEN UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR IN THE GUEST RANGE. WE HAVE SEEN SHOWERS OUT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. THE MAIN BAND OF ENERGY IS RELATIVELY NORTH OF SACRAMENTO. WE HAVE THIS RAIN COMING DOWN AROUND LAKEPORT. FLOODING STREETS AROUND WILLIAMS. THE RAIN JUST TRYING TO MOVE ALONG INTERSTATE 80. THE RAIN LINES UP JUST A BIT. GET READY TO GO WITH THE WINDCHILL WIPERS. -- WINDSHIELD WIPERS. OUT TOWARDS NATOMAS THOMAS, STEADIER, N PUSHING THROUGH. TOWARDS ROSEVILLE AND FAIR OAKS, WE'VE HAD OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. THIS IS NOT THE BULK OF THE SYSTEM. NOTICE THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS RIGHT HERE ALONG THE COAST. FROM YUBA CITY INTO SACRAMENTO, PLACES LIKE STOCKTON AND MODESTO, YOU ARE KIND OF WAITING ON THE RAIN WILL STOP -- WAITING ON THE RAIN. NOTICE THIS HEAVIER BAND BURSTING ACROSS SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND THEN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND WE EXPECT TO SEE SOME HEAVIER SHOWERS ACROSS THE MOTHER LODE. BY 5:00 TONIGHT IT WILL BE A WET COMMUTE. SHOWERS THIS MORNING. HEAVIER RAIN EXPECTED TO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY FRIDAY, ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN

Tamara Berg's Thursday's NorCal Forecast 12.11.14

KCRA 3 First Alert Weather meteorologist Tamara Berg shows us what to expect as a large storm system enters the Sacramento region.